B23K 37/06
Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by
Official title: for positioning the molten material, e.g. confining it to a desired area
B23K37/06 (Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by) appears on 157 US grants and 166 published applications in this corpus.
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